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Since this was my second Queen Anne Mansion, I decided I wanted to jazz it up a bit.
Inspired by the book "America's Painted Ladies", I decided on a cream base with pink and green trims. All of the window frames are double painted
and additional bits of trim were added.
See additional interior and exterior closeups.
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I also decided to shingle this house and was pleased with the N-Scale (1:160) shingles
I found at Laserkit. Because "real size" shingles vary in size and
and shape, there really isn't an issue in the scale discrepancy (the dollhouse being 1:144).
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I thought I was finished when I painted the wooden tower top green -- then my husband (the former carpenter)
informed me that the tower top should either be shingled or copper. Well, I thought the shingles would be "too much", so I opted to
take some thin copper sheeting and cover the tower top.
But first I found a recipe to speed-up the patina process -- I didn't want bright shiny copper, but nice weathered copper. The patina worked
and within a few hours I had too much patina. I sanded some off to give a "weathered, but not decrepit" look.
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The wee birds in the bird bath were carved from toothpicks -- an experiment inspired by the carving work of
micro-mini artist Frances Armstrong.
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And this time the house is fully furnished. The furniture and accessories are a combination of scratch-built and mini-metal furnishings.
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Here are the interior details of the Queen Anne Mansion, Painted Lady -- along with some exterior detail shots.
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